Anna Patterson 1. Which of the possible venues do you think would best suit this play? Why do you believe the dramatic action would be best served in this venue? I think the best venue for this play would be the proscenium arch because this would allow for the quick, complicated scene changes and this play helps the audience see all of the action. As well, because an older Li’l Bit narrates the play from the stage, this venue allows a big enough stage for Li’l Bit to narrate her story while the action is going on. Switching between the car, the house, the school, etc, would be most effictively done on the
2. What are some of the design challenges posed by the play? I think the quick time jumps present a challenge to the production. The sets, costumes, characters have to be changed quickly.
3. Choose the various chorus characters and discuss how you see them dressed. In what ways do you think the costumes you describe would help articulate their purpose in this play? I imagined all of the greek chorus characters to be much like a blank slate. Each of the characters would be dressed in the correct costumes for the time period and the various characters they would be playing, but it would not distract from the story. I think they would have simple clothes in the style of the 60’s. This helps articulate their purpose in the play in that they would not be a main character but a supporting character only. The focus should remain on the two main characters not played by the greek chorus: Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck.
4. Provide some ideas about the use of light in the play? How I imagined the lighting to be in the play is that whenever Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck are together, alone, the lighting would be low to further suggest the secrecy of their affair. Other scenes involving other characters would be brighter lit to enhance the contrast.
5. Suggest music and sound effects that could help accentuate the mood or atmosphere of the play. The music is music in the 60’s that represents a sort of pedophilic love. In a way, they keep the atmosphere of the play light because they sound like happy songs, but this represents a theme in the play: that something that seems innocent on the surface is not actually innocent underneath, like Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck’s relationship. Songs like “Dream Baby,” “You’re Sixteen,” Come Back When You’re Grown Up.”
1. Which of the possible venues do you think would best suit this play? Why do you believe the dramatic action would be best served in this venue?
I think the best venue for this play would be the proscenium arch because this would allow for the quick, complicated scene changes and this play helps the audience see all of the action. As well, because an older Li’l Bit narrates the play from the stage, this venue allows a big enough stage for Li’l Bit to narrate her story while the action is going on. Switching between the car, the house, the school, etc, would be most effictively done on the
2. What are some of the design challenges posed by the play?
I think the quick time jumps present a challenge to the production. The sets, costumes, characters have to be changed quickly.
3. Choose the various chorus characters and discuss how you see them dressed. In what ways do you think the costumes you describe would help articulate their purpose in this play?
I imagined all of the greek chorus characters to be much like a blank slate. Each of the characters would be dressed in the correct costumes for the time period and the various characters they would be playing, but it would not distract from the story. I think they would have simple clothes in the style of the 60’s. This helps articulate their purpose in the play in that they would not be a main character but a supporting character only. The focus should remain on the two main characters not played by the greek chorus: Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck.
4. Provide some ideas about the use of light in the play?
How I imagined the lighting to be in the play is that whenever Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck are together, alone, the lighting would be low to further suggest the secrecy of their affair. Other scenes involving other characters would be brighter lit to enhance the contrast.
5. Suggest music and sound effects that could help accentuate the mood or atmosphere of the play.
The music is music in the 60’s that represents a sort of pedophilic love. In a way, they keep the atmosphere of the play light because they sound like happy songs, but this represents a theme in the play: that something that seems innocent on the surface is not actually innocent underneath, like Li’l Bit and Uncle Peck’s relationship. Songs like “Dream Baby,” “You’re Sixteen,” Come Back When You’re Grown Up.”